Pexton: 'Shortsighted' to cut ombudsman

2/16/13 4:45 PM EST

Last week, Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt told us the paper might be cutting the ombudsman position upon Patrick Pexton's departure at the end of this month. Today, Pexton weighs in, writing that the decison to "end nearly 43 years of this publication having enough courage and confidence to employ a full-time reader representative and critic" is a "shortsighted move."